Poster Board Number: 173
Title: Developing an Online E-Learning Library to Support Early Career Clinical and Translational Researchers
Objective: To identify and meet the basic information needs of early career clinical and translational researchers by building a library of customized videos and tutorials. Designed to simultaneously educate researchers and increase the profile of librarians as research partners, the videos and tutorials have also strengthened relationships between the library and campus research organizations.
Methods: This project grew from a partnership between an academic health sciences librarian and the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR), which administers the University of Michigan’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Based on common questions to MICHR’s research development unit, the librarian and instructional design experts identified information needs of pre- and postdoctoral clinical and translational researchers. The librarian categorized the topics as information gathering, information management, citation analysis, or publication and reporting and developed content for each topic. Some topics were addressed in brief “talking head” videos: The librarian was filmed speaking informally about the topic and outlining relevant library services or resources. For more detailed topics, the librarian and instructional design experts developed a series of e-learning modules specifically targeted to early career clinical and translational researchers. The videos and tutorials are available online via MICHR’s website and widely promoted
Results and Conclusions: My results and conclusions are not complete yet.
Authors: Marisa L. Conte, Clinical and Translational Science Liaison, Taubman Health Sciences Library; Lise Anderson, Post-doctoral Program Designer; Brenda Eakin, Instructional Designer, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
